It ended up nothing like Ever Given.
The Suez Canal was briefly blocked again after a tanker, Affinity V, ran aground very close to where Ever Given was stuck for nearly a week last year.
The blockage of the Suez Canal made global headlines in March of 2021 when one of the largest containers ever built, Ever Given, ran aground. It took authorities six days to get the giant ship afloat again, but the incident had stalled marine cargo traffic on theFollowing the incident, the Suez Canal Authority accelerated the construction of a second channel in the canal, allowing ships to pass in both directions.
While passing through the Suez Canal, the ship's rudder suffered a technical failure which affected its ability to steer itself, the Suez Canal Authority said in a. The ship ran aground near the 143 km mark in the canal at around 7:15 pm local time, which began blocking traffic at the canal. The SCA's salvage units and tugboats then sprung into action and coordinated efforts with traffic control at port Tawfiq to get the tanker afloat again. Five tugboats were deployed for the rapid intervention, which saw the oil tanker afloat again five hours later.With a length of 1,312 feet , Ever Given was a much larger ship than Affinity V, which likely contributed to the problems that were faced last year in keeping the ship afloat again.
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